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[Title] => Ople becomes member of GMA’s national security team
[Summary] => Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople is now a member of President Arroyo’s core of national security advisers.
Mrs. Arroyo has issued Executive Order No. 151, dated Dec. 9, to include Ople in the Cabinet oversight committee on internal security.
In her order, Mrs. Arroyo said Ople should be in the committee because "matters relating to internal security may have foreign policy dimensions" and the government’s foreign policy "may provide opportunities that may help address internal security issues."
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-17 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 175825
[Title] => Auctioneers protest plan to ban importation of used cars
[Summary] => The government will only kill the goose that lays the golden egg if it gives in to carmakers’ pressure to completely stop the auction of used heavy equipment, trucks and motor vehicles in Subic.
Members of the Association of Philippine Auctioneers (APA), in a position paper, said the government should look at the big picture in dealing with the auction industry and not simply give in blindly to the caprices of major car manufacturers.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-13 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1435230
[AuthorName] => Junep Ocampo
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[ArticleID] => 90366
[Title] => Government-NDF talks in Oslo uncertain
[Summary] => Norway expressed uncertainty yesterday about hosting the peace talks between the Philippine government and communist rebels, saying it still does not know what the two sides would need.
Leaders of the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) announced yesterday they would meet government officials on April 27 in the city of Oslo, the Norwegian capital, for talks on ending a decades-old rebellion.
But Norwegian officials said it still has to receive any request to host the talks.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-11 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 90113
[Title] => Venue still snags talks with NDF
[Summary] => Nothing is definite yet.
Vice President Teofisto Guingona said yesterday the government and the communist and Muslim separatist rebels have yet to agree on the venue of the peace talks.
Guingona said the government peace panel has not even submitted its recommendations on where to hold the negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on one hand, and the National Democratic Front (NDF) on the other.
The Arroyo administration maintained that the talks must be held in the country, but the MILF and the NDF countered that they should be held abroad.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-19 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 90105
[Title] => ‘Shifting venues’ in peace talks eyed
[Summary] => The government may agree to multiple or "shifting" venues for the separate peace talks with the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) and the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Acting Defense Secretary Eduardo Ermita, who is also presidential adviser on the peace process, said such a scheme would break any possible impasse over the venue of the peace talks.
Under the scheme, both sides could agree on a schedule where some talks are conducted outside the country while others are held in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-18 00:00:00
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[Title] => Islamic Conference wants to help in hostage talks
[Summary] =>
A top official of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is coming to
Manila to help resolve the long-drawn hostage crisis in Sulu.
This developed as Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado batted for clearer
government policies in dealing with terrorist groups.
Meanwhile, Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora ruled out any immediate
breakthrough in the negotiations with Abu Sayyaf gunmen holding 21 mostly
foreign hostages for over a month now in the province of Sulu.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo Siazon Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2000-06-01 00:00:00
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[Title] => MILF rebels abandon positions on vital Mindanao highway
[Summary] =>
After weeks of heavy fighting, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has
announced it would pull back its forces from along a key highway in
Maguindanao, clearing the way for a possible resumption of peace talks with the
government.
The military said it would continue its operations to check if the MILF has
indeed abandoned its positions before occupying the Secretary Narciso Ramos
Highway to prevent the rebels from returning.
MILF vice chairman for military affairs Al-Haj Murad claimed the pullout was in
response to a growing clamor for a ceasefire from various sectors,
[DatePublished] => 2000-05-16 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => John Unson
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[ArticleID] => 87982
[Title] => GMA, Zamora head caretaker body
[Summary] =>
Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will co-chair the government caretaker
committee after President Estrada leaves for a five-day state visit to China on
Tuesday.
The caretaker committee, which is co-chaired by Executive Secretary Ronaldo
Zamora, will meet as soon as the presidential plane takes off from the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport, Press Secretary Ricardo Puno Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2000-05-12 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804833
[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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[Title] => Security Council may be convened
[Summary] =>
President Estrada may convene the National Security Council (NSC) after
Congress resumes session next Monday, Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora said
yesterday.
Zamora said the Chief Executive must call an NSC meeting in light of the
military operation to rescue hostages in Basilan and Sulu and the suspension of
peace talks by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, including chairmen of
key committees of the two chambers, are NSC members.
"The senators and congressmen are still out of Metro Manila now," he said.
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December 17, 2002 - 12:00am
